Bringing pup to Canada from U.S

[Jakezilla]

Good dogs aren't necessarily expensive. I have been to South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin for dogs and never paid more than $500.

[spinster]

no idiot will travel 100s of KM to get a pure bred dog for $200.

LOL Guess I am one since I drove to Wisconsin to pick up my re-homed dog. Bill of sale was $1. At the border we were asked to show the bill and I also gave them the vet record that he'd been vaccinated for rabies. The customs guy questioned the bill of sale. Told him this is a neutered dog. Can not be bred nor shown because he is neutered. He was simply a house dog and I asked the agent to name a value. The agent waved us through.

[Jakezilla]

deleted. Forget the rant. Bobbing around in the North Sea is getting to me.

[Sharon]

"Make sure you have a veterinarian give you a letter stating the dog has been examined and cleared health wise before you get to customs. You will also be charged HST so will need a bill of sale too. Be warned, custom's agents realize that people don't drive hundreds of miles into another country to buy a $100 dollar dog that is purebread. Have the breeder give you a few days worth of the food it has been eating to minimize the shock to its system if you cant buy it locally. " quote ?????

[topher]

So Labtalk if you are familiar with the CBSA help us out here. If I understand what DC is saying correctly I could be crossing the border with 4 finished dogs (not uncommon), all have vaccination records from a Canadian vet and I have registration papers for all of them showing myself as owner but I have no proof of where these dogs originated from or what transpired at the border when I first imported them. Theoretically a CBSA agent could value my dogs at 5k a piece (20k in total) and try to charge me tax. That is how I am interpreting what he is saying. To me it sounds crazy and makes me wonder if someone was trying to give DC the run around.

I travel the world for a living and I have seen a lot of shady things going into and out of this or that banana republic. I have a hard time believing something like this could happen at a Canadian border.

How can they prove that dog was brought in from the us.. And not yours before the trip... I have no papers or anything for my dog... Guess I need vaccination papers.. But what's to say that was my dog originally?

[Jakezilla]

How can they prove that dog was brought in from the us.. And not yours before the trip... I have no papers or anything for my dog... Guess I need vaccination papers.. But what's to say that was my dog originally?

That's my point. I am not saying DC didn't have that happen to him or have the question raised. I just want to know if this is for real and an enforceable situation or if it was some cowboy making up the rules as he went along.

[Dakota Creek]

That's my point. I am not saying DC didn't have that happen to him or have the question raised. I just want to know if this is for real and an enforceable situation or if it was some cowboy making up the rules as he went along. If it is real I need to find an airtight solution.

Do you carry pedigree papers with you in case that someone may be interested to breeding to one of your dogs? We do ... And your CKC registration papers not only show the owner of the dog (you) but they also show who the breeder is ...with their location. That being said, can you now prove if you paid HST upon importing the puppy initially? Just saying! :-)

[Jakezilla]

FDSB pedigrees are a little different but it wouldn't take much research to find out where the breeders of the dogs were located. There was no HST paid on any of my dogs because they all fell under my personal exemption when imported. I have to assume that both times this has happened to you it was some cowboy and if it would have been brought up with their supervisor you would have received an apology and been sent on your way.

[Cass]

I brought a pup back last March from the US. Just needed a vet check within 10 days of crossing the border. If it is over 3 months it will also need proof of rabies vaccination. Also bring a receipt of sale.

[labtalk]

How can they prove that dog was brought in from the us.. And not yours before the trip... I have no papers or anything for my dog... Guess I need vaccination papers.. But what's to say that was my dog originally?

Correct me if I am wrong or misunderstanding, Canadian Vet checked it and all the shots are done here, obviously he wasn't brought from US.
Plus you mentioned you travel a lot, so when you come back and you mark you have dogs on your custom paper, you are send to CBSA secondary check, how much you pay per dog and why. And if you don't mark that you carrying a dog or live animal what is the penalty and why.